Maksym Strikha

Maksym Strikha
Макси́м Стрі́ха
Strikha in 2011
Deputy Ministry of Education and Science
In office
September 2014  September 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
Volodymyr Groysman
Oleksiy Honcharuk
MinisterSerhiy Kvit
Liliya Hrynevych
Hanna Novosad
In office
February 2008  16 June 2010
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
MinisterIvan Vakarchuk
Personal details
Born
Maksym Vitaliyovych Strikha

(1961-06-24) 24 June 1961
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyNRU (1988–1989)
URP (2005–2010)
SpouseNatalia Starchenko
ChildrenIaroslava Strikha
Parents
  • Vitalii Strikha (father)
  • Gula Maksymivna (mother)
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Translator
  • writer
AwardsMaksym Rylsky Prize

Maksym Vitaliyovych Strikha (Ukrainian: Макси́м Віта́лійович Стрі́ха; born 24 June 1961) is a Ukrainian physicist, writer, translator, publicist, and public figure. He was the Deputy Ministry of Education and Science from 2008 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2019. He was also the president of Ukrainian Physical Society, member of PEN Ukraine and National Writers' Union of Ukraine (NSPU).